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Lucy Comedy Fest Performers Advance in “Last Comic Standing”

JAMESTOWN, NY – May 23, 2014 – Lucille Ball Comedy Festival performers Joe Machi, Mark Normand and Carmen Lynch appeared on last night’s season premiere of Last Comic Standing. Machi and Normand, both of whom advanced to the semifinals, are two-time Jamestown performers featured on the album Live From Jamestown: Late Night @ Lucy Comedy Fest, and Carmen Lynch performs in the Stand-Up Showcase with Caroline Rhea in Jamestown this coming August 7.

“Joe and Mark are Jamestown favorites. The last time I saw them they were skating the bowl above Jamestown Skate Products after hitting Forte and the Wine Cellar. We’re excited but not surprised they’re in the semi-finals, and look forward to Carmen Lynch playing Jamestown August 7th,” said Journey Gunderson, executive director of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.

The Stand-Up Showcase hosted by Caroline Rhea will take place at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts (116 E. 3rd St.), and Comedy Late Night will take place in the Tropicana Room at the Lucy Desi Museum & Center for Comedy (2 W. 3rd St.).

In addition to Carmen Lynch, confirmed comedians for this year’s Comedy Late Night (August 7-9) include Caroline Rhea, Andrew Norelli, Kerri Louise, Moody McCarthy, Mike Brody and Pete Lee. Rhea, McCarthy, Norelli and Lynch will also be performing during the 8pm Stand-Up Showcase on August 7.

The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival is the first in a four-pillar vision for the Lucy Desi Museum & Center for Comedy, including a comedic arts education program, a comedy film festival and the establishment of the first National Comedy Center.

The National Comedy Center in Jamestown is envisioned as an institution celebrating comedy: the craft and its contributors. Projected to open in 2016, the national attraction is being designed by Jack Rouse Associates and Manhattan-based Local Projects, who just completed the 9/11 Memorial Museum that opened on May 14, 2014.

For more information on the Lucy Desi Museum & Center for Comedy or the National Comedy Center, Inc., visit Lucy-Desi.com. To purchase tickets to comedy festival events, visit http://LucyComedyFest.com or call (716)484-0800.

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